Energy Efficiency and Conservation

Abstract

Energy efficiency and energy conservation (EEAEC) is the forerunner to an ideal energy solution for sustainable development. Both EE and EC join forces to achieve and maintain optimum energy procurement and utilization in any household or organization. They help also to minimize energy costs, wastes as well as environmental ill-effects without affecting quality of work done in production process. Energy efficiency (EE) means saving energy while keeping the same level of service. It is the ability to capitalize on new technologies and equipment to do same work with less energy. On the other hand energy conservation (EC) is achieved when you adopt better ways of doing things using the same amount of available energy to perform more useful work. EC reduces the need for non-renewable sources of energy. The spin-offs can result in increased environmental quality, national and personal security together with higher cost saving which places EC at the top of the sustainable energy portfolio hierarchy in ranking. This paper therefore should be seen as stimulus to ginger us to adopt every acclaimed energy thrift procedures uniquely in our daily activities, anthropogenic lifestyles and processes in industries. The paper has tried to examine and demonstrate the technical differences between EE and EC, thus enabling us to develop an energy audit checklist relevant for home, commercial and industrial applications.